I am a Museum Studies graduate student with a background in social studies education and early childhood education (specifically implementing the Reggio Emilia approach). I am now pursuing a career in Collections Management and/or museum education. Having experienced the negative bias that educators have toward Wikipedia, I am now interested in how the perception of Wikipedia can be altered in a more positive way, allowing educators, historians and the cultural sector in general to contribute to Wikipedia on a grander scale. My work with WikiProject Public Art has proved enlightening in this respect.
As an emerging museum professional and a Wikipedian, I am very interested in Museum-Wikipedia relations and closely follow Wikipedia:GLAM. While not yet gainfully employed, I do have close affiliations with The Children's Museum of Indianapolis and the Indianapolis Museum of Art as a graduate student. From September to December 2010 I will be completing a paid student internship as Web & Emerging Media Intern at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis. In short, in this role I will identify research and multimedia content to be made available for use in Wikipedia and coordinate with the Wikipedia community to begin updating articles with this new content.
Wikipedia C.V.
editA listing of my recent Wikipedia projects and outreach efforts can be found here.